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>A natural egg should be brown but in America they are all white. That is incorrect. Different hens lay different colored eggs.
by learc83 7y ago
>A natural egg should be brown but in America they are all white.
That is incorrect. Different hens lay different colored eggs.
- aidos 7y agoYup, can confirm. Our first egg is from our Pheasant Leghorn, which lays white eggs.
- DanBC 7y agoYes. The shell colour is genetic. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/why_are_chicken_eggs_different_colors https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/why_are_chicken_eggs_different... Also, the thing farmers do have control over is the colour of the yolk. You can buy Egg Yolk Color Charts: http://www.robotmation.co.jp/keiranycceng.htm http://www.robotmation.co.jp/keiranycceng.htm This article talks about it a bit more: http://blog.chickenwaterer.com/2013/03/influencing-egg-yolk-color.html http://blog.chickenwaterer.com/2013/03/influencing-egg-yolk-...
- aidos 7y agoEven weirder, if a chicken has white earlobes, it probably lays white eggs. Not always, but mostly (apparently).